This was it. Last week in Iceland

After spending a weekend in Eistnaflug we continued the road trip towards the northern lava fields in Myvatn. There were quite a few tired girls in the back seat but at least they managed to drag themselves to see yet another abandoned house and the huge volcano crater at Krafla. Needless to say, we loved both!

Near the crater Tanja and I spent quite some just being amazed at the Krafla and Leirhnjúkur lava field. If the moon would be black, it'd look like this...

After Myvatn area it was time to hunt whales, with a sailing ship. Emils lost brother Hjeimir took us on a trip from Husavik and we actually managed to find 2 blue whales!!! We also saw a humpback from distance but as I already spotted quite a few of them in Alaska, I was more than happy finally to see the blue giants of the sea. We also got some really fancy suits to put on. I really don't want to know why mine was wet in the inside, not outside...

As climbing did not happen due weather in the south, the north treated us well! Meri & I climbed a few routes near Akureyri in a fantastic canyon. Meri had never belayed a lead climber before so we decided to use only top rope. Which was easy as the anchors were placed quite near the top and we anyways passed them as we were walkin/abseiling down. Once again, I felt extremely out of practice and I probably looked like an elephant. It had been 2 months already since I climbed the last time in Nepal. I really hope this'll change now when I'm back in Finland.

Finally puffins!!! We found them at Latrabjarg in the west fjords, and not only one or two but hundreds! Thousands! Hundreds of thousands! Or at least that's about the amount of photos I took...

Back in Reykjavik it was time for another party with Oli and some visits in the hot tubs. Also the cat got loads of hugs. We miss u Polse!

Then it was time to leave Iceland and to return to cold & dark Finland, where boredom awaits and the sky is never blue.